<?php
/**
 *   This file is part of GeoArticle (a Joomla plugin).
 *   Written by Ivar Bergman (www.ivarbergman.se)
 *   Copyright (c) 2010 Ivar Bergman. All rights reserved.
 *
 *   GeoArticle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   GeoArticle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with GeoArticle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

defined('_JEXEC') or die('Direct Access to this location is not allowed.');
 
class ModGeoArticle
{
  /**
   * Returns a list of post items
   */
  public function getItems($userCount)
  {
    // get a reference to the database
    $db = &JFactory::getDBO();
    
    // get a list of $userCount randomly ordered users 
    $query = 'SELECT a.name FROM `#__users` AS a ORDER BY rand() LIMIT ' . $userCount  . '';

    $db->setQuery($query);
    $items = ($items = $db->loadObjectList())?$items:array();
    
    return $items;
  } 
 
} 
?>
